Anne Rumsey Gearan noted that the hat was gorgeous. She also commended Brigitte Macron for being able to flawlessly 'two-cheek kiss under and around Melania Trump's enormous flat-brim hat.'

For his first state dinner, Trump broke tradition by not inviting Democrat congress members or members of the media.

Trump is the first President in more than a century who didn't host an official state during his first year in office. When he was elected, he vowed not to hold a state dinner until the US trade deficit improved.